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Highland Mills is a hamlet in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,468 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie&ndash;Newburgh&ndash;Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York&ndash;Newark&ndash;Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. Highland Mills is in the Town of Woodbury adjacent to the New York State Thruway.

What is criminal appeals law?

A criminal appeal is a formal request to rehear a case that has already been decided -- a request that a new court reconsider the decision of the first court. When one or both sides of a case that has already been decided think there was a mistake made at trial, they can file an appeal. An appeal is entirely different than a jury trial. There is no testimony taken. The court of appeals decides the case entirely upon the written briefs filed by your attorney and the offie of the Attorney General who represents the prosecution and asks that the conviction be upheld.